International Conferences

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials from his Department will attend the forthcoming Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Global Conference on establishing resource transparency; what his Department's objectives for the conference are; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Foster: The UK Government have been a leading supporter of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). DFID has committed £10.043 million to EITI and has so far provided £5.077 million of this since November 2002. Increasing transparency and knowledge of revenues from the extractive sectors empowers citizens to hold governments to account, so that mismanagement of funds away from sustainable development purposes becomes more difficult. In line with the EITI Global Conference's objectives, we will work with other stakeholders to take stock of EITI's progress; to address the challenges which EITI faces; and to consider the next steps for taking forward the initiative.
	The composition of the UK's delegation to the EITI Global Conference is yet to be finalised.

Children in Care: Foster Care

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in care in each local authority area have had more than  (a) three,  (b) five,  (c) 10,  (d) 20 and  (e) 30 foster placements.

Beverley Hughes: Information showing the number of children in care in each local authority that have had more than  (a) three,  (b) five,  (c) 10,  (d) 20 and  (e) 30 foster placements in England during the year ending 31 March 2008 is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Number of looked after children by number of foster placements( 1) , years ending 31 March 2008—Coverage: England 
			  Number of placements 
			   More than 3  More than 5  More than 10  More than 20  More than 30 
			  England 4800 1400 170 30 0 
			 North East 50 40 10 0 0 
			 Darlington 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Durham 10 10 0 0 0 
			 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hartlepool 10 10 0 0 0 
			 Middlesbrough 5 5 o . 0 0 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne 0 0 0 0 0 
			 North Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 
			 South Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Sunderland 10 10 10 0 0 
			   
			  North West 610 140 10 0 0 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Blackpool 20 5 0 0 0 
			 Bolton 40 15 0 0 0 
			 Bury 30 5 0 0 0 
			 Cheshire 50 20 0 0 0 
			 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Halton 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Knowsley 25 15 10 0 0 
			 Lancashire 110 10 0 0 0 
			 Liverpool 60 5 0 0 0 
			 Manchester 80 15 0 0 0 
			 Oldham — 0 0 0 0 
			 Rochdale 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Salford — 0 0 0 0 
			 Sefton 10 10 0 0 0 
			 St. Helens 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Stockport 10 5 0 0 0 
			 Tameside 20 10 0 0 0 
			 Trafford 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Warrington 35 5 0 0 0 
			 Wigan 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Wirral 35 15 0 0 0 
			   
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 570 220 30 0 0 
			 Barnsley 45 0 0 0 0 
			 Bradford 45 5 0 0 0 
			 Calderdale 5 5 0 0 0 
			 Doncaster 65 35 0 0 0 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 35 10 0 0 0 
			 Kingston upon Hull, City of 65 20 0 0 0 
			 Kirklees 30 0 0 0 0 
			 Leeds 130 80 30 0 0 
			 North East Lincolnshire 35 35 0 0 0 
			 North Lincolnshire — 0 0 0 0 
			 North Yorkshire 40 5 0 0 0 
			 Rotherham 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Sheffield 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Wakefield 20 5 0 0 0 
			 York 25 15 0 0 0 
			   
			  East Midlands 310 90 0 0 0 
			 Derby 25 0 0 0 0 
			 Derbyshire 55 30 0 0 0 
			 Leicester 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Leicestershire 25 5 0 0 0 
			 Lincolnshire 60 30 0 0 0 
			 Northamptonshire 75 10 0 0 0 
			 Nottingham 20 5 0 0 0 
			 Nottinghamshire 45 5 0 0 0 
			 Rutland 0 0 0 0 0 
			   
			  West Midlands 740 160 30 0 0 
			 Birmingham 180 10 0 0 0 
			 Coventry 30 0 0 0 0 
			 Dudley 35 0 0 0 0 
			 Herefordshire 5 5 0 0 0 
			 Sandwell 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Shropshire 15 10 0 0 0 
			 Solihull 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Staffordshire 125 60 30 0 0 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 35 10 0 0 0 
			 Telford and Wrekin — 0 0 0 0 
			 Walsall 40 5 0 0 0 
			 Warwickshire 140 50 0 0 0 
			 Wolverhampton 35 5 0 0 0 
			 Worcestershire 55 5 0 0 0 
			   
			  East of England 460 70 0 0 0 
			 Bedfordshire 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Cambridgeshire 20 5 0 0 0 
			 Essex 120 15 0 0 0 
			 Hertfordshire 45 0 0 0 0 
			 Luton 40 5 0 0 0 
			 Norfolk 55 0 0 0 0 
			 Peterborough 45 0 0 0 0 
			 Southend-on-Sea 45 25 0 0 0 
			 Suffolk 45 5 0 0 0 
			 Thurrock 25 5 0 0 0 
			   
			  London 800 270 30 0 0 
			 Inner London 350 85 20 0 0 
			 Camden 30 0 0 0 0 
			 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hackney 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham — 0 0 0 0 
			 Haringey 25 5 0 0 0 
			 Islington 50 20 0 0 0 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 35 30 20 0 0 
			 Lambeth 35 10 0 0 0 
			 Lewisham 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Newham 70 15 0 0 0 
			 Southwark 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Tower Hamlets 25 0 0 0 0 
			 Wandsworth 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Westminster — 0 0 0 0 
			   
			 Outer London 450 190 10 0 0 
			 Barking and Dagenham 65 40 0 0 0 
			 Barnet 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Bexley 30 10 0 0 0 
			 Brent 60 15 0 0 0 
			 Bromley 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Croydon 30 20 0 0 0 
			 Ealing 10 0 0 0 0 
			 Enfield 20 5 0 0 0 
			 Greenwich 20 5 0 0 0 
			 Harrow — 0 0 0 0 
			 Havering 45 25 0 0 0 
			 Hillingdon 40 25 0 0 0 
			 Hounslow 20 5 0 0 0 
			 Kingston upon Thames 15 15 0 0 0 
			 Merton — 0 0 0 0 
			 Redbridge 10 5 0 0 0 
			 Richmond upon Thames 10 5 0 0 0 
			 Sutton 30 15 15 0 0 
			 Waltham Forest 20 0 0 0 0 
			  South East 790 270 30 0 0 
			 Bracknell Forest — 0 0 0 0 
			 Brighton and Hove 55 20 0 0 0 
			 Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 
			 East Sussex 45 10 0 0 0 
			 Hampshire 205 90 15 0 0 
			 Isle of Wight 25 5 0 0 0 
			 Kent 185 70 15 0 0 
			 Medway Towns 30 0 0 0 0 
			 Milton Keynes 50 30 0 0 0 
			 Oxfordshire 15 10 0 0 0 
			 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Reading 25 0 0 0 0 
			 Slough 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Southampton 45 30 0 0 0 
			 Surrey 30 0 0 0 0 
			 West Berkshire — 0 0 0 0 
			 West Sussex 45 5 0 0 0 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead — 0 0 0 0 
			 Wokingham 15 0 0 0 0 
			   
			  South West 510 170 30 30 0 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Bournemouth — 0 0 0 0 
			 Bristol, City of 85 35 0 0 0 
			 Cornwall 60 30 25 25 0 
			 Devon 25 5 0 0 0 
			 Dorset 25 5 0 0 0 
			 Gloucestershire 50 5 0 0 0 
			 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 
			 North Somerset 35 15 0 0 0 
			 Plymouth 60 20 0 0 0 
			 Poole 10 5 0 0 0 
			 Somerset 30 10 0 0 0 
			 South Gloucestershire 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Swindon 15 0 0 0 0 
			 Torbay 50 30 0 0 0 
			 Wiltshire 25 0 0 0 0 
			 (1) Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short—term placements.  Source: SSDA903